From: Dan Maguire (dmaguire@mchsi.com)
Date: Sun Jan 29 2006 - 13:01:05 PST
Hi Pat and all,
I agree with Pat's view on caps. To me it means yelling but, I used to
Whether or not anyone thinks that Ron's Caps Manifesto was over the top,
have a PDA-like thing that sent all caps text faxes - whether I was mad
or not. I've also watched my father poke along typing with two fingers
- completely oblivious to the fact that he is in all caps. I force
myself not to jump to conclusions.
to me there were two basic missteps in all of this...
1) His rant was a sniper shot, not a shotgun blast. A general
dissertation about the decline of western civilization due to all caps
postings would probably not have been taken harshly. But, Alex got a
shot straight to the jaw - and that always hurts.
2) The subject line should have been changed when folks decided not to
At the core of it all, Alex did the right thing - he asked an actual
Anyhow, I hope that everyone is having a good day!
BR,
answer the question. Think about it... every day this person (kid or
not) gets replies with his subject heading thinking that *someone* might
actually answer his question, but instead he has to wade through a
seemingly unending barrage of indictments of spelling, ebonics, etc.
Even Jim Wiehe's cool little "gofeod up sepllnig" thing would probably
not be funny as part of a salvo like that.
question about an actual military vehicle. We can probably all remember
weeks where it didn't seem like that was ever going to happen.
Dan
Auburn, IN
Patrick Jankowiak wrote:
> There is another reason to see messages in all uppercase. Sometimes,
> capitals means someone is using a Real_Computer(tm) or a
> Real_Terminal(tm) which is so ancient that it has only one case. Perhaps
> I should get the NCR terminal out, and find the serial port modem to
> prove it. Now, where did I put that list of Hayes modem commands?..
>
> It's entirely up to the recipient to decide how to react, but they will
> have to stand by their reaction.
>
> My boss used to type in all caps when he was behaving angrily (most of
> the time, as the poor fellow is driven by fear), and since I knew he was
> on a windoze box, I clued him in on the shouting bit, asking him if he
> would please ask me to come to his office if he was going to shout, and
> at least do it to my face. No, I didn't get fired. Instead, I found a
> new boss, leaving the ex boss to continue to screech at his remaining
> underlings. That was about the same time that 2 other people left the
> group.
>
> I found the whole thing to be humorous, in a twisted and dark sort of
> way, as only those with some years behind them in both menial and
> corporate environments can appreciate. If you step in something, just
> scrape it off the offended shoe and go on.
>
> PJ
>
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